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Post by ilmc90 on Oct 7, 2017 10:30:52 GMT -5
The shoutbox is fun, but one of the benefits of regular posting is that it archives some great discussions, whether it was friendly banter, weather, or other topics. They're fun to look back on. I also like reading threads at my own pace and have trouble keeping up with the shoutbox. It gets exhausting and distracting after a while. Just my two cents. The shoutbox allows you to write outrageous things that soon will be gone, enticing a much funnier debate climate. I wouldn't post half the shit I post there in any threads. If you don't like it, simply don't use it  Come on lommie, this isn't snapchat. Have some backbone and post your true thoughts.  |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 7, 2017 10:32:00 GMT -5
Come on lommie, this isn't snapchat. Have some backbone and post your true thoughts. Easy to say when you don't live in a country whose leaders worship East Germany  |
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Post by Ariete on Oct 7, 2017 11:45:47 GMT -5
Whoever voted the middle option should switch their vote to the bottom one! NO I WILL NOT! |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 7, 2017 13:17:14 GMT -5
Don't ever try to bully a Finn. These guys beat the Russians at war |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 6:50:46 GMT -5
Don't ever try to bully a Finn. These guys beat the Russians at war Did they? Looked more like a Pyrrhic victory for the Ruskies tbh. |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 8, 2017 7:09:02 GMT -5
Did they? Looked more like a Pyrrhic victory for the Ruskies tbh. In my opinion they won for the simple reason that Finland wasn't forced to join either the Soviet Union or be behind the Iron Curtain. In the same way it'd be hard to say that the North Vietnames didn't suffer more casualties than the Americans, but no-one claims they didn't win because they took control of the country etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 7:19:23 GMT -5
Did they? Looked more like a Pyrrhic victory for the Ruskies tbh. In my opinion they won for the simple reason that Finland wasn't forced to join either the Soviet Union or be behind the Iron Curtain. In the same way it'd be hard to say that the North Vietnames didn't suffer more casualties than the Americans, but no-one claims they didn't win because they took control of the country etc. Parts of Finland were made to join the USSR, but most of Finland did retain independence. Could have been much worse. Definitely a Russian phyyric victory, although the lessons the Soviet Union learned from the war, and the resultant military reforms arguably saved it for being defeat by Germany during Barbarossa. |
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Post by Ariete on Oct 8, 2017 7:51:51 GMT -5
'Lost the war, retained our independence' is well-accepted history writing in Finland.
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Post by boombo on Oct 8, 2017 14:27:18 GMT -5
Hmm, not really the result I wanted here - 6 want to keep the shoutbox as it is, 5 want to see less of it in one way or another and 46 don't care about it enough to vote.
What we'll do is I'll switch the shoutbox off on Mondays and Tuesdays until further notice starting tomorrow morning my time, and we'll see if it stimulates the chat threads a bit more.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 14:30:17 GMT -5
It's worth trialing it just to see the results. Then perhaps we can have another vote in the near future?
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Post by boombo on Oct 8, 2017 14:33:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I was thinking try it like that for a month and see how it goes. Hopefully by that time we'll have more people with an opinion on the matter either way as well.
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 8, 2017 14:38:25 GMT -5
Hmm, not really the result I wanted here - 6 want to keep the shoutbox as it is, 5 want to see less of it in one way or another and 46 don't care about it enough to vote. What we'll do is I'll switch the shoutbox off on Mondays and Tuesdays until further notice starting tomorrow morning my time, and we'll see if it stimulates the chat threads a bit more. But... the shoutbox won? Boycott tomorrow evening from me then  6-4-1 the final score and the "one" vote wins??? |
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Post by boombo on Oct 8, 2017 14:43:05 GMT -5
Hmm, not really the result I wanted here - 6 want to keep the shoutbox as it is, 5 want to see less of it in one way or another and 46 don't care about it enough to vote. What we'll do is I'll switch the shoutbox off on Mondays and Tuesdays until further notice starting tomorrow morning my time, and we'll see if it stimulates the chat threads a bit more. But... the shoutbox won? Boycott tomorrow evening from me then The guy who makes 30-40 posts a day doesn't like posting in the threads?  The result was basically "don't know/don't care". I wanted the shoutbox to be open all the time as well, but it's worth a try at least to see what kind of a difference it makes when it's not around. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 14:46:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I was thinking try it like that for a month and see how it goes. Hopefully by that time we'll have more people with an opinion on the matter either way as well. Perhaps turn it off completely for 3/4 days this week, and then ask people what they think? I dare say most will miss it more than they'd expected. |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 8, 2017 14:48:11 GMT -5
Well then you could say "no one" won the US presidential election because the largest proportion didn't vote? I like both, but the shoutbox is what positively separates this place from Shitty-Data. If people don't want it, don't use it. Simple as. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 14:50:09 GMT -5
Well then you could say "no one" won the US presidential election because the largest proportion didn't vote? I like both, but the shoutbox is what positively separates this place from Shitty-Data. If people don't want it, don't use it. Simple as. Surely the thing that positively separates this place from Shitty Data is the relaxed moderation? The shout box is okay, but it's not what brings people here. |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 8, 2017 14:55:03 GMT -5
Surely the thing that positively separates this place from Shitty Data is the relaxed moderation? The shout box is okay, but it's not what brings people here. Before when Yac-ass became involved this summer I felt that forum was normally moderated and quite fine. The shoutbox is what enables you to have a Facebook-like conversations. That's a tremendous thing for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 14:58:57 GMT -5
Surely the thing that positively separates this place from Shitty Data is the relaxed moderation? The shout box is okay, but it's not what brings people here. Before when Yac-ass became involved this summer I felt that forum was normally moderated and quite fine. The shoutbox is what enables you to have a Facebook-like conversations. That's a tremendous thing for me. So why are you using the threads here far more than you were on CD? You seemed to be scared of being banned from there. Hence regularly brown-nosing Nei and Rozenn  |
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Post by Lommaren on Oct 8, 2017 15:00:13 GMT -5
So why are you using the threads here far more than you were on CD? You seemed to be scared of being banned from there. Hence regularly brown-nosing Nei and Rozenn C-D was so solely weather-related, didn't enable my screenshots to be uploaded and didn't have a Watch |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2017 15:03:51 GMT -5
So why are you using the threads here far more than you were on CD? You seemed to be scared of being banned from there. Hence regularly brown-nosing Nei and Rozenn C-D was so solely weather-related, didn't enable my screenshots to be uploaded and didn't have a Watch It had lots of non-weather forums, but you didn't comment in them. |
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6-4-1 the final score and the "one" vote wins??? 
